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1 Corinthians 1:18
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16 Yes, I also baptized the household of aStephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other.  
17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, anot with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.  

Christ the Power and Wisdom of God

18 For the1 message of the cross is afoolishness to bthose who are perishing, but to us cwho are being saved it is the dpower of God.  
19 For it is written:
a“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”  
20 aWhere is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the1 disputer of this age? bHas not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?  
21 For since, in the awisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.  
22 For aJews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom;  
23 but we preach Christ crucified, ato the Jews a stumbling block and to the2 Greeks bfoolishness,  
Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 1:18

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American Standard Version
For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.

Amplified® Bible
For the story {and} message of the cross is sheer absurdity {and} folly to those who are perishing {and} on their way to perdition, but to us who are being saved it is the [manifestation of] the power of God.

Contemporary English Version
The message about the cross doesn't make any sense to lost people. But for those of us who are being saved, it is God's power at work.

Darby English Version
For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.

Good News Bible
For the message about Christ's death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved it is God's power.

International Standard Version
For the message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are being saved.

King James Version
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

New American Standard Bible
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

New International Version
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

New King James Version
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For the word of the cross seems foolishness to those who perish, but to us who receive salvation, we recognize it as the power of God.

Young's Literal Translation
for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us -- those being saved -- it is the power of God,


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